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G. RENO.

TRUSS. No. 477,335. Patented June 21, 1892.

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gt'ented June 21, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GRIFFIN RENOfOF'NEW YORK, N. -Y.

TRuss.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,335, dated June 21,1892.

Application filed March 21, 1392.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GRIFFIN RENO, of the city and county of New York, inthe State of New York, have. invented a new and useful Improvement inHernial Trusses, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

The main object of my invention is to afford convenience for the perfectadjustment of the pads of single or double trusses, and especially ofwhat are known as elastic-band trusses, according to the natureorlocation of the rupture.

Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front views of a single and a doubletruss embodying my invention. Figs. 3 and 4 are front viewscorresponding, respectively, with Figs. 1, and 2, but on a larger scale,of the truss front and clamps, which constitute the important featuresof my invention,showing, also, the padsupporting plates adjustablyattached to the front by the said clamps. Fig. 5 represents a horizontalsection in the line a: w of Fig. 3, and also shows the pad. Fig. 6 is avertical section in the line y y of Fig. 3, showing, also, the pad.

A is the truss front, to the top and bottom of which are attached onopposite sides the ends of the elastic body-band B.

G C are the pads, and D D the plates, by which they are supported.

E E are the clamps by which the said plates D D are adjustably securedto the truss front A.

The supporting-plates D maybe of any suitable kind, and the pads may beattached to them in any suitable manner; but I have rep resented thesaid plates and pads and the studs z'and springs j, which connect saidplates and pads like those which are the subject of my United StatesLetters Patent, No.369, l71, dated September '6, 1887, as those platesand pads are especially well adapted for carrying out the presentinvention, which enables me to use those plates and pads with as goodeffect with a body-band made of elastic fabric as with a steel-springbody-band.

The truss front shown in Figs. 1, 3, 5, and 6 for the single truss isrepresented as an open plate or frame of quadrangular form of metal orsuitably-rigid material consisting of a sin- Serial No. 425,782. (Nomodel.)

gle piece of metal having at its corners the four strap-posts a a a afor the adjustment of the four straps b 1), two at each end of thebody-band, a suitable number or all of which straps may be adjusted bybuckles c to adapt the band to the size of the body.

It is obvious that the double-truss front A, which is shown in Figs. 2and 4, might also be made of a single piece or plate; but owing to itsgreater length I have preferred to make it of four pieces securedtogether by the strapposts Ct a a a, which also constitute rivets. Theend pieces of the front so constructed are prolonged downward,'as shownat e, to carry additional strap-posts d d for the attachment of the frent ends of the perineal bands F F, the rear ends of which are loopedover the back part of the body-band. It is obvious that the truss frontfor the single truss might be made of four pieces, like the double-trussfront shown in Fig. 1.

In either construction of the truss front above described the lower partof the plate or frame A' constitutes a front barf, nearly on a levelwith the lower strap-posts a a. To this barf the pad-supporting plates DD are adjustably secured by the clamps E E. The said clamps E E-one foreach padconsist each of two plates g g and two screws h h, each passingthrough one of the said plates and screwing into tapped holes in theother, the said plates receiving between themselves and between thescrews h h the bar f of the truss front and the pad-supporting plate D,when screwed up tightly by the screws h h, serving to clamp the saidsupportingplate to the said bar so firmly that it cannot be moved by anymovement of the body of the wearerof the truss. By thus attaching thesupporting-plate D to the truss front provision is made for the perfectadjustment of the pads to the truss front and to the hernial ring for anoblique ordirect inguinal hernia or'for a femoral hernia upon the rightor left side of the body, the pad being capable of adjustment at anypoint within a radius of one-third of a circle two inches in diameter,and when the pads are so adjusted to the circumstances of the case thepad is so firmly secured that it cannot be displaced by any movements ofthe body of the wearer of the truss. This adjustment of thepad-supporting plates to the truss front may be understood by referenceto Figs. 3 and 4, in which the pad-supporting plates are shown indifferperineal bands enable a leverage to be brought Q by the said bandsupon the truss-pads, Whereby the latter are brought to bear with aproper pressure upon the hernial opening. same effect of leverage isproduced in the sin- Thegle-truss pad by making the lower one of the 1clamping-screws h with a post or head, as shown in Fig. 6, for theattachment of the front end of the per-i neal band, the lower par-tsofthe clamping-plates g in that case. constituting projections below thebar f or truss front, which are equivalent to the downward projections eof the double-truss front, F

as hereinbefore described.

"'Vha't I claim as my invention, and desire.

to secure by Letters Patent, is-

strap-posts on each -side, a flexible body-band 1 havingtwo straps ateach end for connection with the upper and'lower strap-posts on therespective sides of said open plate or frame, a 1 pad, and a plate forsupporting said pad ad-. justably upon the lower bar or member of. saidopen front plate or frame, substantially as and for the purpose hereinset forth.

2. In a truss, the combination of a front plate, a pad-su pportin gplate adjustable upon said front plate, and a clamp consistingof twoplates and screws, between which said front plate and pad-supportingplate are received and by which said supporting-plate is secured in itsadjusted position on said front plate, substantially as herein setforth.

3. In a truss, the combination of an open plate or frame having upperand lower strap- .posts on each side and having a downward band, a front:plate or frame to which the ends of said body-band are attached, aperineal' strap,.'the rear end of which is attached to said body-band, apad, a supporting-plate for 1. In a truss, the combination of an openfront plate or frame, having upper and lower 7 said pad, a clampconsisting of two platesand two screws, between which the said frontplate or frame and said supporting-plate is received, one of said screwsbeing below'the said front plate or frame and having'a posthead for theattachment of the frontend of the perineal strap, all substantially'asand for the :purpose herein set forth.

GRIFFIN RENO.

VVitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY.

